In Pictures: The Olympics in quotes

London 2012 in the words of the athletes.

15 Aug 2012 12:49 GMT

"It(***)s what I came here to do, I(***)m now a legend." Jamaica’s ever modest sprinter Usain Bolt reflects on his double Olympic titles.

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"I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead," said Erick Barrondo, Guatemala(***)s first-ever Olympic medal winner who claimed silver in the men(***)s 20km race.
walk.

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"My results come from hard work and training and I would never use any banned
drugs. The Chinese people have clean hands." Sixteen-year-old Chinese
swimmer Ye Shiwen brushes aside doping suspicions after her world record in the
women(***)s 400 metres individual medley.

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"My mother used to tell us in the mornings, (***)Carl put on your shoes, Oscar you put on your prosthetic legs... So I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes." South Africa’s 400-metre sensation Oscar Pistorius reflects on growing up with carbon fibre prosthetic blades.

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"I saw the board with number 31 on it and thought my brother had got a penalty. I
thought (***)What an idiot Alistair, you(***)ve got a penalty. Then I looked at my arm
and realised I was number 31."
British triathlon bronze medallist Jonathan Brownlee received a 15-second penalty for getting on his bike too early. His brother Alistair took
gold.

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"There are many people who want to start rowing because I have come to the Olympic
Games. We will start when I get back. We just have to wait for the boats to
arrive."
Niger(***)s rower Hamadou Djibo Issaka trained for just three months for the men(***)s single sculls.

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"There was no pressure. You should play in my country, then you will see pressure.
They throw bricks at you."
Croatia(***)s Ivano Balic reacts after his side(***)s handball semi-final defeat by
France.

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"These were happy and glorious Games." IOC President Jacques Rogges praises the London Games.

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"It(***)s what I came here to do, I(***)m now a legend." Jamaica’s ever modest sprinter Usain Bolt reflects on his double Olympic titles.

REUTERS

"I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead," said Erick Barrondo, Guatemala(***)s first-ever Olympic medal winner who claimed silver in the men(***)s 20km race.
walk.

AFP/Getty Images

"My results come from hard work and training and I would never use any banned
drugs. The Chinese people have clean hands." Sixteen-year-old Chinese
swimmer Ye Shiwen brushes aside doping suspicions after her world record in the
women(***)s 400 metres individual medley.

Getty Images

"My mother used to tell us in the mornings, (***)Carl put on your shoes, Oscar you put on your prosthetic legs... So I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes." South Africa’s 400-metre sensation Oscar Pistorius reflects on growing up with carbon fibre prosthetic blades.

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"I saw the board with number 31 on it and thought my brother had got a penalty. I
thought (***)What an idiot Alistair, you(***)ve got a penalty. Then I looked at my arm
and realised I was number 31."
British triathlon bronze medallist Jonathan Brownlee received a 15-second penalty for getting on his bike too early. His brother Alistair took
gold.

AFP/Getty Images

"There are many people who want to start rowing because I have come to the Olympic
Games. We will start when I get back. We just have to wait for the boats to
arrive."
Niger(***)s rower Hamadou Djibo Issaka trained for just three months for the men(***)s single sculls.

Getty Images

"There was no pressure. You should play in my country, then you will see pressure.
They throw bricks at you."
Croatia(***)s Ivano Balic reacts after his side(***)s handball semi-final defeat by
France.

AP

"These were happy and glorious Games." IOC President Jacques Rogges praises the London Games.